All right, the big news today is that Walt Disney Home Entertainment has just delivered on the classic catalog animation front as we expected them to: The studio has just officially set The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: Special Edition, the Bedknobs and Broomsticks: Special Edition, the Hercules: Special Edition, the Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers – 10th Anniversary Edition, and the Tarzan: Special Edition for Blu-ray/DVD Combo release on 8/12 (SRP $29.99 each). In addition, Disney has also just officially set the Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition for Blu-ray Combo release on 10/7 ($36.99). We expect to have more details on extras shortly, but you’ll find all the cover artwork below... [Read on here...]

In addition, Warner Home Video has released some special features details on their 6/24 Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD release of 300: Rise of an Empire. All three versions will contain the 4-part The 300 Effect documentary (includes 3 Days in Hell, Brutal Artistry, A New Breed of Hero, and Taking the Battle to the Sea), as well as 4 additional featurettes (Real Leaders & Legends, Women Warriors, Savage Warships, and Becoming a Warrior). We’ll post the cover artwork as soon as it’s available.

We’ll leave you today with a look at the official Blu-ray cover artwork for all of those Disney animated catalog titles we mentioned above. As it happens, all but Sleeping Beauty and Bedknobs are now available for pre-order at Amazon.com by clicking on the covers...

Also today, sources tell us that Funimation is soon to announce the U.S. BD release of Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Borders 1 & 2. They’re also looking at the U.S. release of Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series as a likely fourth quarter 2014 title on Blu-ray.

While we’re on the subject of possible upcoming BD titles, here’s the one bit of bummer news: Industry sources also tell us that Network in the U.K. still hasn’t decided whether or not they’re going to release Space: 1999 – Season Two on Blu-ray. They’ve apparently been considering the release for months, but still have not pulled the trigger. We’re working to learn more on this, so we’ll update as we can.

By the way, you remember how we originally broke the news that The X-Files would be getting an HD “remastered” make-over for possible Blu-ray release a couple years ago (see our reports here and here)? Well, we’re now hearing that HTV Illuminate is apparently nearly done with their work on the HD remaster of the entire series. It’s still not yet been slated for Blu-ray release by 20th Century Fox, nor has it appeared in HD on Netflix, but remastered episodes are already running in syndication on the new El Rey Network and on the German TV network ProSieben Maxx HD. Apparently it started back in January in Germany and screenshots have been appearing around the Net recently. Here’s an example (all credit out to the unknown person who originally posted the screenshot):